Adam Obest biography: 13 things about US Capitol riot suspect from Thurmont, Maryland
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Adam Ryan Obest is a white man from Thurmont, Frederick County, Maryland, United States. Aside from Thurmont, he has lived in other parts of Maryland including Abingdon and Nottingham.
Obest has lived in different parts of New Jersey, USA including Pitman, Turnersville and Williamstown. Here are 13 more things about him:
He is a former employee of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
He is 4 years older than his former wife Natasha Safar Obest.
On October 15, 2005, he and Natasha got married in Winslow Township, Camden County, New Jersey.
On September 7, 2010, his mother Deborah J. Goldschmidt died at age 53.
On August 25, 2013, he was charged in Abingdon with violating a protective order.
On December 6, 2018, he was arrested in Abingdon for allegedly violating his probation in a case in which he was guilty of violating a protective order.
On November 14, 2020, he was caught on camera while he was in a verbal altercation with counter protesters at the Million MAGA March in Washington, D.C., USA.
Wearing a camouflage baseball cap and a dark colored jacket and holding a flagpole with a U.S. flag attached, he went to the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021. That day, Donald Trump supporters breached the building while a joint session of Congress was certifying the vote of the Electoral College and affirming Joe Biden‘s victory in the 2020 presidential election.
On January 7, 2021, he commented on a Facebook video posted by Bill O’Reilly saying, “Good review. Can’t wait to hear your analysis on the protests at the Capitol today. I was there and it was 96% peaceful. God bless.”
On May 2, 2022, he spoke extensively to the Circuit Court for Washington County in Hagerstown, Maryland and to his former wife during a custody hearing.
On June 10, 2022, the Federal Bureau of Investigation obtained a warrant to search his Facebook account.
On June 9, 2023, U.S. Magistrate Judge Moxila A. Upadhyaya signed a criminal complained filed by an FBI special agent against him. That day, he was arrested.
He was 42 years old when he was arrested on June 9, 2023. Represented by attorney Samuel C. Moore of Alexandria, Virginia, USA, he was charged with obstructing, impeding or interfering with a law enforcement officer during a civil disorder, assaulting an officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon, act of physical violence in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon and act of physical violence on U.S. Capitol grounds.
(This is a developing story. More details are being added.)
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If you have information about someone who participated in the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, call 1-800-CALL-FBI or submit relevant photos and videos to the FBI.
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